Providing intensive community-based treatment options to reduce number & length of hospital admissions – South London & Maudsley Intensive Treatment Programme – NCCMH

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The South London and Maudsley Intensive Treatment Programme was developed by the Maudsley CED service for children and young people as an alternative to inpatient admission for individuals suffering from eating disorders who are unable to achieve consistent weight gain, establish regular eating or have a high level of maintaining factors hindering their recovery from an eating disorder. The intensive treatment programme involves working intensively with a group of children and young people, concurrently in small therapy groups and around mealtimes

Co-Production

  • From start: No
  • During process: No
  • In evaluation: Yes

Evaluation

  • Peer: No
  • Academic: Yes
  • PP Collaborative: No

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South London and Maudsley Intensive Treatment Programme

The South London and Maudsley Intensive Treatment Programme was developed by the Maudsley CED service for children and young people as an alternative to inpatient admission for individuals suffering from eating disorders who are unable to achieve consistent weight gain, establish regular eating or have a high level of maintaining factors hindering their recovery from an eating disorder. The intensive treatment programme involves working intensively with a group of children and young people, concurrently in small therapy groups and around mealtimes. Children and young people accepted on to the intensive treatment programme have an individual plan of attendance that can vary from one to five days per week. The service includes a multidisciplinary assessment incorporating a physical health examination by a medical doctor and regular physical monitoring, including consultation with the consultant paediatrician. The average duration of intensive intervention is 36 days. Evaluations show that the intensive treatment programme was an alternative to inpatient treatment for 40% of young people; approximately 90% of the children and young people offered the intensive treatment programme engage with treatment.

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